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France's flagship, the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, patrols in the Mediterranean Saturday, March 26. The ship has run 47 air sorties against targets in Libya as France participates in the NATO no-fly zone. Benoit Tessier/Reuters

British riot police officers stand covered with paint thrown by demonstrators during a protest against the coalition government's spending cuts, in central London, Saturday. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

People look at a cargo ship, grounded by the March 11 tsunami, on a pier in the port of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Saturday. Koji Sasahara/AP

A Libyan rebel, draped in the old Libyan flag, prays at the entrance to the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi,in eastern Libya, Saturday. Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya after international airstrikes on Muammar Qaddafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that once appeared on the verge of defeat. Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Children play in a refugee camp for people displaced by last year's earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday. Haitians wearied by long years of poverty, corruption and natural disasters are settling in for a wait to find out who they have elected to lead efforts to rebuild the earthquake-devastated country. Ramon Espinosa/AP

A Yemeni girl holds up a placard that reads in Arabic: "The people want to break the system" during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Saturday. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Persons wearing green outfits and holding battery-powered energy-saving bulbs, pose in front of the Romanian Athenaeum in downtown Bucharest, during celebrations of Earth Hour, Saturday . Light were switched off on major architectural monuments, historic buildings, and institutions in Romania to observe Earth Hour. Vadim Ghirda/AP

A pro-Syriansupporter of President Bashar Assad flashes V sign as she painted on her hand the Syrian flag with Arabic words that read: "Only Bashar," in Damascus, Syria, Saturday. Bassem Tellawi/AP

Runners pass near the US Capitol during the National Marathon in Washington on Saturday. Jose Luis Magana/AP

Women participate in a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York, Sunday. Participants marched from the site of the fire to a local synagogue while wearing veils and the names of the 146 victims. Seth Wenig/AP

A Hindu devotee walks on a pit of burning coals during a fire-walking ceremony held to honor the Hindu goddess Draupadi in Durban, South Africa, Sunday. Rogan Ward/Reuters

New York Yankees center fielder Austin Krum dives but cannot make the play on a two-RBI triple by Minnesota Twins Matt Tolbert during the second inning of a spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Sunday. Charles Krupa/AP

Greek orthodox priests and nuns attend a rally in Athens, Sunday. Christian Orthodox Greeks demonstrated at Athens' Syntagma Square against the issuing of a new electronic identity card which contains biometric data. John Kolesidis /Reuters

Citizens in traditional Black Forest clothes, queue to cast their ballots in Gutach, southern Germany, Sunday. Eight million Germans are voting in a closely watched state election that could see Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party lose power in southern Baden-Wuerttemberg for the first time in almost six decades. Winfried Rothermel/AP